Head diving throws (mostly uchimata) aren’t penalized as much as they should be. They are incredibly dangerous off of mats and completely unrealistic outside of a dojo.
Throws that don’t finish with control of your opponent should never be given Ippon.
Most people don’t have anywhere near the flexibility to land on their heads during forward throws, even when they try. There was a total of one player in all of judo history who did this a lot, and he had achieved the absolute peak of body mobility which even Inoue and Maruyama never reached.
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u/Left-Newspaper-5590 Jun 07 '25
Head diving throws (mostly uchimata) aren’t penalized as much as they should be. They are incredibly dangerous off of mats and completely unrealistic outside of a dojo.
Throws that don’t finish with control of your opponent should never be given Ippon.